And speaking of diets (which we were)… If you’re an elite endurance athlete, you’ve got to pack in those calories—up to 6,000 a day—if you don’t want to start dropping too much weight while you’re training. That may sound like … Continue reading →
We’ll give you context, on the Romney quote about Britain being a “tiny little island that makes stuff nobody wants.” But, as Althouse rightly points out in her contextualizing post: But you know the rule in journalism: Taking things out … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: Drew M. at Ace’s.] Jonathan Chait offers a couple of howlers in his piece at NY Magazine, beginning with the beginning: Mitt Romney’s plan of blatantly lying about President Obama’s “you didn’t build that” speech is clearly drawing … Continue reading →
Remember the vogue for hyphenating last names on marrying? Well, here’s some of the long-delayed aftermath: Brendan Greene-Walsh and Leila Rathert-Knowles, an engaged couple with hyphenated last names and a decision to make. Note that each members of the engaged … Continue reading →
This year will mark the 40th anniversary the Olympics’ darkest day, and one of the darkest in the history of the struggle against terrorism: the massacre of Israeli athletes at the hands of Palestinian terrorists in Munich in 1972. But, … Continue reading →
…remains anemic: So the recession was deeper, and the recovery has been slower, than previously believed. That really isn’t news to those of us out here in the real world where economic statistics only tell part of the story, but … Continue reading →
In a conversation the other day, I brought up this memorably creepy episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, which featured the great Peter Lorre and the great Steve McQueen in a Roald Dahl story. No one there remembered it, although they … Continue reading →
…are on the right (in both senses of the word) side of the Chick-fil-A issue. And Menino backs off.
Continue reading →Last week was the 23rd anniversary of the United Flight 232 air disaster that occurred in Sioux City, Iowa, on July 19 1989. I happened to come across this piece written by Captain Al Haynes, a bona fide hero of … Continue reading →
I noticed that there were some big ticket items ordered this month through my blog portal to Amazon. Because I have no way to know who orders what, I have no way to know who to thank, so I’ll just … Continue reading →
Well, not exactly.
Continue reading →For some background, here’s an article that seems worth reading.
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